Non invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis in paediatric patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Table 1 Anthropometric, clinical and biochemical characteristics

Variables characteristics	mean ± SD	Range
Age (mo)	145.7 ± 39.5	44-226
BMI (kg/m2)	26.3 ± 4.1	15.2-38.3
BMI Z score	2.0 ± 0.79	0.8-5.0
Type II diabetes n (%)	2 (2.3)
Hypertension n (%)	2 (2.3)
AST (IU/L)	42 ± 16	19-90
ALT (IU/L)	60 ± 31	10-192
GT (IU/L)	23 ± 20	10-130
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	152 ± 32	75-222
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	86 ± 44.5	28-348
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	82 ± 11	60-138
Fasting insulin (mU/L)	12.5 ± 6.4	3.5-30.7
HOMA-IR	2.55 ± 1.39	0.67-6.29
ISI-comp	4.4 ± 2.0	1.26-9.16

of patients (n = 69) BMI: body mass index; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine Aminotransferase; γGT: gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistence; ISI: insulin sensitivity index.